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Essay on Seasonal Variation in Santhal Society: An Avant-Garde Play by Jean-Frederic Chevallier
Essay on Seasonal Variation in Santhal Society: An Avant-Garde Play by Jean-Frederic Chevallier
Date: 20 March 2018Time: 7.00 pm to 8.30 pmVenue: Open Air Theatre (in front of the VU Library)
The Department of English, Vidyasagar University…
Night of Theatre n°10 - Essay on Seasonal Variation in Santhal Society
Night of Theatre n°10 (French La Nuit des Idées) entitled Essay on Seasonal Variation in Santhal Society, an amazing night-long open air theatre of contemporary performing arts and inventive thought, will take place in collaboration with Trimukhi…
Workshop on "Documentation and Digitization of Bodo (Mech) Cultural Texts and Languages"
Various theories abound as to the true nature of the origins of the Mech tribe. The name “Mech”, for instance, is said to have come down from the word “mlechchha”. Another theory suggests that the name was bestowed upon the tribe since they had…
Books Published in Phase-I of the UGC- SAP, DRS Project, Department of English Vidyasagar University
Two books have already been published related to the thrust area in Phase I of the DRS Project. The title of the books are: Survival and Other Stories: Bangla Dalit Fiction in Translation (2012) Towards Social Change: Essays on Dalit…
Patua Pala/ Pata Pala (Scroll Painting) of Bengal
Patua Pala or Patachitra, commonly known as pata is one of the most popular yet endangered performing art forms of Bengal. It usually comprises painting and an adjunct folk song. Various mythical stories are depicted on a piece of cloth, known as…
Puppet Song - 'On Education and Its Importance in Daily Life'
The complete original Bengali text of the puppet song - 'On Education and Its Importance in Daily Life', accompanied by an IPA transcription of the same.
Puppet Song - 'Krishnaleela' ('The Mischiefs of Lord Krishna')
The complete original Bengali text of the puppet song 'Krishnaleela' ('The Mischiefs of Lord Krishna'), accompanied by an IPA transcription of the same.
Review of Jol i Jibon (Water is Life) Between the Avant-garde and the Traditional: The Question of Re-vitalizing Tribal art Debashis Bandyopadhyay
It began after sundown in Borotalpada, a remote Santhali village in the district of Jhargram in West Bengal, India. It seemed one has come to the end of the world. A dusky path lined on either side with sal and mahua trees opened onto a sort of…